What's Your Most Recent NSV
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Hugging my 20 something niece when I noticed my arms went right around her, I could touch each of my elbows...worried, I said "That's enough weight loss, Steph, I can totally wrap you in my arms now!!"...Little Stephie then wrapped her arms around me, and said "Aunti Tracy, I can wrap my arms around you too, YOU gotta stop now too!!"
I'll take it!27 -
Pulled a 425# deadlift last night. I hadn't previously tested my 1RM so I didn't really know what I could do. Happy with my progress so far. Today is exactly six months since I started lifting.21
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I was just on vacation in CA and had to pop into Old Navy to buy a belt because my (fairly new) jeans were falling off16
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This is kinda an ongoing thing, but when I started this (130 days ago woah) I couldn't fit into a pair of size twelve jeans that I loved (they're so soft).
I ended up being able to squeeze into them after about three weeks.
Well; today I wore them with a belt and they now fit as a pair of boyfriend jeans instead of straight cut. Cool ^_^22 -
I bought 2 new pair of jeans over Labor Day weekend (luckily on sale). I was happy to fit into a size 16 as apprised to size 20. Today the jeans are over 2" too big! This time I'm going to a thrift store!15
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I bought a packet of Munchies today (if you aren't in the UK, they're like little square chocolates filled with biscuit and caramel) and I only ate the serving size, not the whole packet, then put them away! As someone with a wickedly bad sweet tooth this was a huge deal for me.34
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If there was any doubt that I lost weight, the past two days I've worn shirts that I haven't worn for a couple of months and they were very big on me. A couple of months ago both shirts were snug on me, almost borderline tight, but now it's almost comical the way they were falling off my shoulders.
The scale has been moving, but sometimes when I look in the mirror it's hard for me to see much of a difference. So it's just nice to see whether I see the difference or not, there is one.16 -
Today I used my last training session out of the 20 I purchased almost 2 years ago. My gym membership ends in less than a week and my new agency has a gym. So I used my session to explain that I had taken almost 1.5yrs off from training and was 76lbs higher and around 15% more body fat from my last session with them (pregnancy, car wreck, meds, laziness). I asked him to use my last session to give me fresh stats and a starting point of where I am. Well today I weighed in 65lbs heavier than when I stopped all that time ago and 12% body fat higher. But I was down 11lbs from when I started eating healthy again a month ago. He ran me through a few exercises to see where I was at. I have essentially lost my back muscles, my upper and center ab muscles, and quite a bit of strength in my upper body. The good news in all of this downfall is that I retained (in his words) "great form" on squats and lunges (my previous trainer made me do those nonstop and emphasized form---im thankful for that) and that I retained a decent lower abdominal and side abdominal range. So while I'm very disappointed in actually seeing how far I've fallen and that ill be starting over worse off than I did before....Im also very thankful and remaining positive that I am starting back and that I did retain a good form on those. Plus ya know....11lbs in a month with only changing some of my eating habits is a pretty nice accomplishment!
Always have to find the bright side right?!?!?!
Ohhh......and I haven't touched the chocolate cookies and cream cake that's been tempting me in our break room whereas before I wouldve easily sat down with two slices of it. I've managed to keep my sweet tooth satisfied within reason ( a no-bake cookie instead of 12 of them, a peanut butter chocolate protein shake, etc)
(That cake is 460cal/72carbs/42sugar/0 protein in only 1/12 of it----OMG....not happening)26 -
I went out to lunch today, which wasn't in the plan, but I picked good foods and had a light dinner to compensate. When friends stop by your office and ask you if you want to go to lunch sometimes you have to say yes.23
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Last Friday I started out on my bike ride and my husband called said it was raining did I want him to pick me up. No wasn't raining where I was so kept going. A couple miles down the road it did start raining but no where to take shelter so kept going. was wet to the skin but was not cold so was okay. Fortunately I had clothes with me to change into so didn't have to go into town soaking wet as we were an hour from home.
Yesterday planned to ride in the afternoon. When I got to the trailhead parking I noticed that it was very windy. didn't let that stop me and did 25 miles but did average about 2 mph faster on the way back with the tailwind.
148 day streak of riding every day. Sometimes you just have to push through the obstacles34 -
Being able to Squat 100 lbs when I currently weigh 136. Aiming to squat my body weight or more!!!
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I jogged almost 2 miles this morning. Just watched Fat to Finish on Netflix and found it very motivating. Maybe I really can become a runner.29
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Just logged in for my 100th day strait. Now weigh less than my Driver's License.31
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I walked a 5k this past weekend. That itself is a pretty big NSV for me. But, even bigger is, my daughter, who ran the race while I walked it, told my husband when we got home that you can really tell I have been working out, because my legs looks really good in my workout pants. That made me feel like what I am doing is actually working. ...now my legs weren't my biggest problem to start with, but even seeing a difference there is enough to keep me going.24
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ridiculous59 wrote: »I had to renew my driver's license today. The lady at the desk was going over my details and glancing up at me to double-check as she did so.
"Hair, blonde? Yep." (It's actually light brown as far as I'm concerned, but whatever!)
"Eyes, blue? Yep."
"Height, 5'6"?" *nod from me* "Yep."
"Weight, 215...?" *pause, smile, small laugh from her* "Nope!"
Made my day - it's nice to know I obviously look lighter now!
I have always been a dreamer on my drivers licence and put my weight at about 30 pounds less than it truly was. I am finally not only less than what my licence says.....but WAY less
Awesome! I feel slightly guilty that I actually gave her a weight of 175 when I'm currently 178, but I rounded down and figured I'd be there soon. In five years when I need to do this again, I hope to be able to give a much lower weight!beginforthelasttime16 wrote: »Picking up a 20 pound bag of cat litter and realizing I've lost that much and I'm super proud of myself
I had this a couple of weeks ago too - our pails of litter are around 30lbs, and as I heaved it up off the floor I suddenly thought that I used to carry around more than that on my person without thinking about it. It made me feel a bit weedy for not being able to lift it easily, but still pleased that I weigh that much less and don't have to carry it on my frame any more!
My NSV today is a little confidence in myself. Yesterday I went shopping at my local thrift store to see if I could find some smart pants or skirts, since my only "interview skirt" is getting loose and soon won't be any good. I didn't find much that fit, but I bought two pairs of pants (for $7!) that I can just about do up if I suck in my belly. They were the perfect length for me and fit quite well in the legs, so I figure that in a few more weeks I'll be able to get into them easily. One pair is a 14, and I wouldn't have dared to buy that size even quite recently, so I'm happy to have the confidence that I can keep losing!
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beginforthelasttime16 wrote: »Picking up a 20 pound bag of cat litter and realizing I've lost that much and I'm super proud of myself
I had this a couple of weeks ago too - our pails of litter are around 30lbs, and as I heaved it up off the floor I suddenly thought that I used to carry around more than that on my person without thinking about it. It made me feel a bit weedy for not being able to lift it easily, but still pleased that I weigh that much less and don't have to carry it on my frame any more!
Awesome feeling isn't it? I can't even begin to start lifting the amount I've lost off the floor (I've lost the weight of my very tall 12-year old son PLUS a bit). By the time I've finished (if I ever get over the excessive water weight problem I've got at the moment) I'll have lost both my son and my four-year old daughter. There'd be no way I can lift those two together
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Had a low calorie day yesterday, and I went to bed with my tummy comfortable (not growling with hunger or full and bloated) and emotionally happy with my food, as I had a very tasty, satisfying dinner with delicious steak, filling carbs and even a chocolate bar for dessert.
Whoop woop!24 -
Being able to twin with one of my babies (in something other than baby fat lol) is my favorite NSV in a while!
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I went shopping for dress pants - in May I wore a snug size 16 (US), today I bought size 10 (US) and every pair I tried on was loose in the hips and rear! I am not sure what happened to size 12, it is as if I skipped right over it21
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I went out to lunch today, which wasn't in the plan, but I picked good foods and had a light dinner to compensate. When friends stop by your office and ask you if you want to go to lunch sometimes you have to say yes.
I agree! Good for you! That is living your life! We don't want to give up life and some of the very enjoyable parts of it to lose weight - we work it out! I am happy for you!12
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